CHANTING
It is known as the rhythmic
speaking or singing of words or sounds, often
primarily on one or two main pitches called
reciting tones. Chants may range from a simple
melody involving a limited set of notes to
highly complex musical structures, often
including a great deal of repetition of musical
subphrases, such as Great Responsories and
Offertories of Gregorian chant. Chant may be
considered speech, music, or a heightened or
stylized form of speech. In the later Middle
Ages some religious chant evolved into song
(forming one of the roots of later Western
music).
Credit given to: Buddhist
association of peace, culture and education